[London,] 1 August 1859 

Dear Frederick, 

D’abord 1 must acknowledge the £2 10/-. This time I myself 
corrected the proofs of your article.” If it still contains misprints, 

a A reference to ‘Russisches Memoir zur Belehrung des gegenwartigen Kaisers’ (Das 
Volk, Nos. 12-16, 23 and 30 July and 6, 13 and 20 August 1859), a German translation 
of ‘Memoir on Russia’ published in The Free Press, No. 7, 13 July 1859. - > [N.] 
P{etersen,] ‘Feierstunden-Arbeit eines Arbeiters’, Das Volk, Nos. 8-10, 12 and 16, 25 
June; 2, 9 and 23 July; 20 August 1859. - ¢ Napoleon III made this speech on 21 July 
1859 and it was published in Le Moniteur universel, No. 203, 22 July 1859. - 
d Napoleon I - ¢ outward appearance - £ Town in Lussin island in the Adriatic, then 
under Austrian rule. - 8 First - ) ‘The Italian War. Retrospect’ 

the printer is the only one to blame. Herwegh’s rotten poem* got 
in without my knowing about it. I therefore compelled Biskamp to 
give an explanation in the last issue” and, into the bargain, I got 
him to publish the Landwehr soldier’s song (as a fitting sequel to 
Herwegh).** 

What is catastrophic so far as I’m concerned is that Biskamp 
isn’t going to Edmonton but (it would seem) has accepted the post 
of tutor chez Bibra (the innkeeper) in the middle of the West End. 
If this is so I shall press for a written agreement with the 
gentleman. For, like all professional humorists he’s a capricious, 
hysterical old woman, and we’re not going to right the apple-cart 
so that someone else can drive it away. We must make sure we get 
possession of the thing. 

Lina‘ is back here from Cologne. Birgers has grown quite 
‘high-minded’ since his release. He reprobates the Volk’s ‘rever- 
sion’ to the old manner of using ‘bad jokes’ to split the ‘party’. For 
him, it would seem, the ‘party’ comprises anyone who is ‘not’ 
official, and that includes Vogt and Kinkel. Needless to say these 
‘hints’ were given merely out of tender regard for ‘me’. ‘One’ copy 
of my work had arrived at Bermbach’s for the dozen or so party 
friends in Cologne. Burgers hadn’t read it, of course, nor will he, 
‘but in my interests’ expressed his indignation that the thing 
should be coming out ‘by dribs and drabs’ and not all 60 sheets ar 
once. For the rest, he’s tutor at some ‘merchant's’, which only takes 
up a few hours each morning, and apart from that he gives one 
other lesson. All in all, he earns 700 talers. His ‘work’ is confined 
to mornings. After the midday meal he starts ‘recovering’ from his 
half day’s work and lounges about chatting by the hour at Mrs 
Daniels’ house where, however, he has a serious rival in Dr Klein. 
But in the evenings he hurries to Léllchen’s to preside with great 
dignity over the Cologne debating club until far into the night. He 
‘esteems’ Lassalle’s activities but hasn’t ‘read’ anything of his, not 
even Franz von Sickingen. The spurious pretext of having 
contracted a serious chest complaint during his time in prison has 
provided him with a splendid means of masking his habitual 
idleness. In addition, the ‘high-minded man’ frequents ‘music 
clubs’. As regards the Cologne trial”! he actually repeated to Lina 
several most infamous and far from unwitting lies, e.g. that it was 
us not him and the other asses in Cologne who sent that ass 

a [‘On the Occasion of the Federal Marksmen’s Festival in Zurich’,] Das Volk, No. 12, 
23 July 1859. - b This explanation by the Editorial Board was published in Das Volk, 
No. 13, 30 July 1859. - ¢ Caroline Schéler - 4 A Contribution to the Critique of Political 
Economy 

Nothjung to Germany as emissary.“ He has, it seems, grown 
‘even more handsome’ than he used to be. En passant, Georg Jung 
has become a gambler and has apparently pretty well dissipated 
his fortune. A few weeks ago Countess Hatzfeldt again took up 
residence in Berlin. 

As soon as you have some hours to spare, it would be a good 
thing to go ahead with ‘Infantry’.* My finances are closely linked 
with this. I should like to send my wife to the seaside for a few 
weeks. But that would be feasible only if I could draw an 
additional sum on America. 

Salut. 

Your 
K. M.